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Fan
1870–75
Object Place: Gebruder Rodeck, Vienna, Austria
Medium/Technique
Silk leaf, painted, bordered with gilt; ivory sticks; ivory guards gilt, decorated with pearls, garnets, enamel, silver
Dimensions
Guard: 30.5 cm (12 in.); maximum open: 53 cm (20 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Oldham Collection
Accession Number1976.335
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsFashion and Textiles
ClassificationsCostumes
DescriptionObverse: pastoral vignette, two women walking left, couple sitting looking at statue, flower basket at feet center, woman with fan walking right, signed "E. Bayard"; gilt and painted decorative borders. Reverse: woman in dance attitude, two butterflies to sides, gilt border, beige silk leaf. Ivory sticks, obverse guard: gilt-silver floral motif ornamented with pearls and garnets, enamel plaque of woman in classical attitude; reverse guard: silver plaque etched "Stéphanie." Garnet studs in rivet, silver ring. White satin on cardboard box, gilt edging, stamp "Gebrüder Rodeck, wien, K.K. Hoflieferanten" and logo.
Signed
E. Bayard
InscriptionsStéphanie
ProvenanceGift of Esther Oldham to MFA, June 9, 1976.